One more thing & then I’ll ‘quit’ for this week. I LOVE pies, even more than cake. Something I’ve always been interested in is ‘vintage’ pies like Shoo Fly, Funeral, Vinegar, Buttermilk, etc. While messing around today, I found a Vintage Recipes site. It is pretty unbelievable all the stuff they have on there. The recipes, like for pie, include all the fruit pies, vintage (didn’t see funeral, but the rest seem to be there), & oddities like mincemeat (with or without meat - my Granny always made it ‘with’).
As for other recipes that aren’t so common, on the list I see “salsify” (root veggie, tastes a bit like oysters). My Granny grew this & it was one of my dad’s favorites & I liked it, too. She made it into a casserole with Saltine Crackers on the top. You rarely see salsify mentioned any more.
Here’s the link to the recipes - you can scroll down for the category you want (also on right hand side are the big categories like “Dessert”) .... I could spend a year lost in these recipes!
http://www.vintagerecipes.net/recipes/
Funeral pie IS there .... under ‘raisin’ pies. :-) Found it using the ‘search’ function on the website.
That is an amazing site! I always looked forward to Mince Pie for Christmas when I was a kid - I’m sure it was always ‘mock mince’, but it was great and I’m not really sure I’d want the real thing.
We can still get the Crosse and Blackwell mince pie filling at Christmas time.
I had a ancient American recipe book once and also went through all the pies. Loved doing it. So fun and interesting. I was newly out of college and still living with two best friend roommates (who are still besties of mine) and they LOVED my baking phase. I also went through a Classic cakes cookbook. They got to eat it all!